linux book

I am new for Linux operating system in fact i am new to computer field. I know about windows. Please suggest me one good, basic, which eaches easily about linux operating system and a book for operating system concepts.

thank you, sir

P.Sreekanth Reddy

India.

[Thomas Adam]
Hello,

This is a very common question among people new to
Linux. But this question is very broad. There is a
whole plethora of books to choose from.

The one which got me started was called "Running
Linux" which is published by the leading book
publishers of Linux material --- "O'Reilly". Take a
look at the following website:

especially Linux administrators guide. That one helped me a lot at the
beginning.

There are several companies or groups putting together packs (distributions)
of kernel, OS programs and application programs which can be easily
installed.
Some have their own manuals (printed or online) for their specific setup.

Tell us more and we could help you more on your specific problem....

[Chuck]
A basic book designed to help Windows users become productive on Linux
ASAP is Everyday Linux. Its available online at http://EverydayLinux.com.

I should note I am a bit biased as I know the authors well and I own the
domain.

[Heather]
One of my local LUGs received a copy of "A 12 Step Guide To Curing Your
Windows Addiction". It was given away as a door prize at my local LUG,
but I think it was pretty decent. Since you say you know about Windows,
it may help more than some books which might assume you have a bit more
computer knowledge already.

Way back in the dusty ages when I didn't know UNIX, I learned most of
the good stuff to get me up to speed in Mark Sobell's books. "A
Practical Guide To The Linux System" should help you get a little more
hands-on experience.

Of course, Jim did co-author a book, "Linux System Administration"
pubbed under the New Riders imprint... it's split half and half, theory
and practical matters, but as some of the intended audience are execs
and other managerial sorts who may not deal with the nuts and bolts,
maybe it will help you too.

Jim Dennis has also mentioned books in his Answer Gang answers, and the
"Greetings from Heather Stern" entry (the first entry in each The Answer
Gang column) also occasionally mentions books. I would point you to a
specific URL, but searching for "linux books jim dennis" brings up 24 pages
of entries in the search engine, so it would take a while to evaluate all
the pages.

[Ben]
You know - I'm just loving this. This is exactly how I foresaw this
resource being used, a simple place we could point querents.

Major-league case of warmfuzzies here, as I go back to pounding the topic
list...